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CASHIERS SHIELDi SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 341,775, dated May 11, 1886. Application tiled July 31, 1884. Serial No.139,352. (No model.)

T0 a/ZZ whom it may concern.:

` Be it known that I, ORLANDO S. Scorr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newton, in the county of Jasper and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Apparatusfor the Protection of Cashiers and other Ofcials of Banks or Similar Institutions against Robbers and Burglars, of which the following is a specication.

My invention relates to a protecting-shield for cashiers and others; and its object is to provide a steel or other metal shield to be raised in front of the person using the same, to prevent the use of iire-arms or other deadly weapons in the hands of persons attempting robbery, and to protect the person from the saine while in the discharge of his duties. I attain these objects bythe mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which the igure is a vertical section of the apparatus as it appears attached to the desk or counter ready for use.

The apparatus consists of a steel or other metal shield, a, extending the full length of the counter b, and passing through an opening in the same near the front, substantially as shown in the accompanying drawing.

The shield a, when ready for use, rests near the lloor, the top edge being level with the top of the counter, and is provided with suitable springs, c c, for raising the same, and having suitable clamps, d d, for holding the shield in position, and bar e, for detaching the clamps. The shield c is lowered to its position by means of a cord, f,.passing through and over pulleys g g g g and attached to the shield at the points 7L L.

The front of the counter is provided with a glass plate, j, in the center, resting in grooves in the frame-work, to allow the same to slide up or down should any obstacle be placed in the opening for the purpose of preventing the operating of the shield.

The apparatus is operated by touching the bar e at any point with the foot or otherwise, thereby detaching the clamps d d, and allowing the springs c c to throw the shield up through the counter, as shown by the dotted lines in the accompanying drawing, thus providing a complete protection to the person standing behind the counter.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As a protecting-shield for a cashiers window, a metallic shield arranged to slide vertically on suitable ways placed at the rear or inside of a cashiers window, and provided with suitable springs for automatically throwing it up when released for that purpose, and with a detent for holding it down when not in use, the said detent constructed and applied so it may be operated or released by the foot of the operator,as,desired, substantially as described.

2. In combination with a vertically-sliding 65 metallic shield at the inside of a cashiers window, a vertical slide adapted to move down over the cash-opening and thereby close it against the admission of obstacles to the operation of the metallic shield, substantially as described.

3. The vertically-slidin g rnetallieshieldsliding in suitable vertical ways at the inside of a cashiers window, combined with actuatingsprings for throwing it up,when required, and 75 with a detent for holding it down, the said detent constructed and applied so it may be operated by the cashiers foot, when desired, substantially as described.

ORLANDO S. SCOTT.

'Witnessesz JOHN I. HEAP, H. M. IDRINTZ, 

